The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Հատոր 4H. Lintot, 1754 |
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... feems to admonish me out of pure Zeal and Good - will . But as there is no Character fo unjust as that of talking in Party upon all Occafions , without Respect to Merit or Worth on the contrary Side ; fo there is no Part we can act fo ...
... feems to admonish me out of pure Zeal and Good - will . But as there is no Character fo unjust as that of talking in Party upon all Occafions , without Respect to Merit or Worth on the contrary Side ; fo there is no Part we can act fo ...
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... feems , the Play of Alexander is to be then turned into Ridicule for its Bombaft , and other falfe Ornaments in the Thought as well as the Language . The Blutter Alexander makes is as much inconfiftent with the Character of an Hero , as ...
... feems , the Play of Alexander is to be then turned into Ridicule for its Bombaft , and other falfe Ornaments in the Thought as well as the Language . The Blutter Alexander makes is as much inconfiftent with the Character of an Hero , as ...
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... feems to point more particularly at us who are not regularly of the Fa- culty . But fince he has been fo civil to me as to meddle only with those who are imployed no further than about Mens Lives , and not reflected upon me as of the ...
... feems to point more particularly at us who are not regularly of the Fa- culty . But fince he has been fo civil to me as to meddle only with those who are imployed no further than about Mens Lives , and not reflected upon me as of the ...
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... feems , Truth and Honour are Com- panions too fober for Frofperity . It is certainly the mott black Ingratitude to accept of a Man's bett En- deavours to be pleafing to you , and return it with Indif- ference . I am fo much of this Mind ...
... feems , Truth and Honour are Com- panions too fober for Frofperity . It is certainly the mott black Ingratitude to accept of a Man's bett En- deavours to be pleafing to you , and return it with Indif- ference . I am fo much of this Mind ...
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... feems therefore a fruitlefs Labour to attempt the Cor- rection of the Taste of our Contemporaries , except it was in our Power to burn all the fenfelefs Labours of our Ancestors . There is a fecret Propenfity in Nature from Generation ...
... feems therefore a fruitlefs Labour to attempt the Cor- rection of the Taste of our Contemporaries , except it was in our Power to burn all the fenfelefs Labours of our Ancestors . There is a fecret Propenfity in Nature from Generation ...
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Էջ 109 - ... over ; and as they were passing by me into the garden, I asked them to let me be one of their company. The gentleman of the house told me, ' if I delighted in flowers, it would be worth my while ; for that he believed he could show me such a blow of tulips as was not to be matched in the whole country.
Էջ 287 - And now when I thought most of peace and honour, Thy hand is heavy upon me, and hath humbled me according to Thy former loving-kindness, keeping me still in Thy fatherly school, not as a bastard, but as a child. Just are Thy judgments upon me for my sins, which are more in number than the sands of the sea, but have no proportion to Thy mercies; for what are the sands of the sea ? Earth, heavens, and all these are nothing to Thy mercies.
Էջ 231 - The rest of the jury, upon the delivery of the sword to their foreman, drew all of them together as one man, and saluted the bench with such an air as signified the most resigned submission to those who commanded them, and the greatest magnanimity to execute what they should command.
Էջ 116 - I have made some necessary variations both in the tube and the fluid it contains. In the first place I ordered a tube to be cast in a planetary hour, and took care to seal it hermetically, when the Sun was in conjunction with Saturn. I then took the proper precautions about the fluid, which is a compound of two...
Էջ 104 - I have seen the most amiable become the most deformed, and she that appeared one of the Graces immediately turned into one of the Furies. I humbly conceive the great cause of this evil may proceed from a false notion the ladies have of what we call a modest woman.
Էջ 287 - Thy creatures have been my books, but thy Scriptures much more. I have sought thee in the courts, fields, and gardens, but I have found thee in thy temples.
Էջ 119 - I have taken my text for this discourse : we should be careful not to overshoot ourselves in the pursuits even of virtue. Whether zeal or moderation be the point we aim at, let us keep fire out of the one, and frost out of the other.
Էջ 116 - The church thermometer, which I am now to treat of, is supposed to have been invented in the reign of Henry the Eighth, about the time when that religious Prince put some to death for owning the Pope's supremacy, and others for denying transubstantiation. I do not find, however, any great use made of this instrument...
Էջ 184 - Nobody ever knew what this meant ; but the green and red dragon so amused the people, that the doctor lived very comfortably upon them. About the same time there was pasted a very hard word upon every corner of the streets. This, to the best of my remembrance, was...